Cuff-retainer



(No Model.)

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No. 403,280. Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB M. MARCH, OF Pl-KENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,280, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed January 24, 1889. serial No. 297,361. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAooB M. MARCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Phoenixville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Gulf- Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a cufi-holder that will occupy but little space and will fit snugly between the cuff and the sleeve of the coat or other garment, so that it may engage with both the cuff and the sleeve to hold the cuff in proper position, the holder,

although invisible when in use, being capable of ready manipulation from outside the sleeve. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cuffholder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, with a part of the cuff shown in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of part of the cuff-holder. Figs. at, 5, and 6 are views illustrating modifications of the holder; and Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the method of attaching the holder and cuff to the sleeve of the garment.

The on lf-holder consists, essentially, of a pair of longitudinal gripping-jaws for engaging with the cuff and a pair of transverse gripping-jaws for engaging with the sleeve of the coat or other garment to which the cuff is to beattached, these gripping-jaws being placed one above the other, so that when one pair of jaws is in position to engage with the cuff the other pair will be outside of the cuff in position to engage with the inner portion or lining of the sleeve.

As shown in Fig. 1, A represents a lever, which has at one end an enlarged head, a, in which is an opening for the reception of a needle-point, d, projecting from the enlarged head I) of a lever, B, said levers being pivoted together at c, and a spring, f, being interposed between lugs e on the long arms of the levers, so as to have a tendency to force the heads a b together and cause the needle d to enter the opening in the head a. The end 9 of the lever A opposite the head aforms one jaw of a clamp for engaging with the cuff 8, as shown in Fig. 2, the other jaw, h, of this clamp forming part of a lever, D, which is hung to the lever A at a point adjacent to the head a, and is free to swing laterally, so that it can be moved to a point directly beneath the lever A, or can be swung to one side of the same, as shown in Fig. 1, the free end of the lever D being so bent that when inserted .under the end 9 of the leverAit will press firmly against the same, said free end of the lever D being preferably roughened to insure its taking a firm hold upon the material of the cuff, the detaching of which from the clamp is further prevented by reason of the usual thickened portion or hem an at the edge of the cuff, as shown by the section in Fig. 2.

The cuff-holder is applied to the cuff by clamping the latter between the leversA and D before the cuff is inserted into the sleeve, and when the cuff has been inserted to the proper extent the holder is secured to the sleeve by pressing the outer portion of the same between the thumb and second finger at such a point as will effect the movement toward each other of the long arms of the levers A and B, thus opening the jaws a b and permitting the fabric of the sleeve to be pressed between the same and the forefinger, as shown in Fig. 7, this fabric being caught and held by the needle-point (I when pressure is released from the long arms of the levers.

Although it is preferable, 011 the score of economy, to utilize the one leverA as part of both the longitudinal and transverse clamps of the holder, such construction is not absolutely essential to the proper carrying out of my invention. For instance, in Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a holder in which the, longitudinal clamp is in the form of a pair of spring-jaws, A D, and the transverse clamp is composed of a pair of levers, A B, hung together by a pin, 0, which also serves to connect them to theplate A of the spring-clamp. In this case, also, both of the transverse gripping-jaws are provided with teeth, and a wire spring, f, carried by one lever, acts on a lug, e, on the other lever and takes the place of the coiled spring f.

Fig. 6 shows a modification of a simpler form of holder in which the jaws are without teeth, and another form of bent-wire spring is shown as a substitute for the coiled spring.

A longitudinal clamp, one member of which is in the form of a laterally-swinging lever,

shown in Fig. 1, is preferable to the springclamps shown in Figs. Al, 5, and 6, for the reason that when once applied to the cuflf it will not lose its hold upon the same so readily as a simple spring-clamp, which may in time lose or partially lose its resiliency, and thus fail to properly retain the cult. I may say, also, that the needle-point on one jaw engaging with an opening in the other jaw or head of the transverse clamp is preferable to the toothed form of clamp shown in Figs. 4 and 5, for the reason that it is less likely to be torn loose from its hold upon the sleeve of the garment.

As the thickness of the holder is simply that of three thin pieces of sheet metal, it will be seen that it may occupy a position between the cuff and the sleeve of the garment without proving objectionable by reason of its bulk, and the holder is therefore especially adapted for use by ladies, the sleeves of whose garments are generally of a much tighter-fitting character than those worn by men.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combination of two arms forming a longitudinal clamp for engagement with a cuff, a jaw at the inner end of one of said arms, a lever having a jaw at its inner end, a spring acting on said lever, and a transverse pivotpin,whereby said lever is hung to the arm of the longitudinal clamp so as to swing laterally, whereby its j aw forms, in con n ection with that of the arm, a laterally opening and closing clamp for engagement with the sleeve of a coat or other garment, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of two arms forming a longitudinal clamp for en gagem ent with a cult, a jaw at the inner end of one of said arms, a lever having a jaw at its inner end, a spring acting on said lever, a transverse pivot-pin, whereby said lever is hung to the arm of the longitudinal clamp, so as to swing laterally, whereby its jaw forms, in connection with the jaw of the arm, a laterally opening and closing clamp, one of said jaws being provided with a projecting needle-point and the other jaw having an orifice for the reception of said needle-point, substantially as specified.

A cuff-holder consisting of two clasps secured together with their clamping-j aws at reverse ends, the one comprising a fixed arm and a laterally-movable arm pivoted to the fixed arm near the end thereof, and the other clasp having arms pivoted together midway, or thereabout, of their length and provided withlaterally-movable jaws, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB M. MARCH.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY SMITH. 

